November Newsletter - Week 2
Reminder – next week’s regular meeting will be at 8:00 a.m. in the big room at the Community Center for the 2nd Annual Community Breakfast. Please do not come at lunch time as we will not be there!
Recap
This week we had speakers Beth Farrow and Katie Banks with Helen Ross McNabb Center in Knoxville. Helen Ross McNabb serves 26,000 people annually across 25 counties. They were established in 1948 by Helen, herself, who developed a passion for the mentally ill early on as a child.The company is one of the largest employers in our area and offers a wide range of services to assist people in need. They offer mental health services, substance abuse and addiction treatment, social services, crisis services, domestic violence shelters and services, criminal justice services, early childhood intervention and prevention services, foster care and adoption, as well as offer a sexual assault center. One of Beth’s favorite programs they offer is a preschool for young children that have suffered traumatic experiences and need extra counseling and support. CenterPointe, an addiction treatment center in Knoxville, offers short-term stay for 21-28 days for monitored medical detoxification. In addition, they offer intensive outpatient therapy with 140 units of housing to assist alcohol and drug dependent adults. They also have a mobile crisis unit to respond to emergency behavioral health crisis situations. Lastly, they serve military veterans as well with special programs.
Helen Ross McNabb relies heavily on fundraisers to fund their efforts. They raise $500,000 annually for the center through these efforts. One of their biggest fundraisers, Beth Haynes 12 Days of Christmas Online Auction, is quickly approaching. This is one of their favorite fundraisers, as it raises money to serve needy children through the Dear Santa Program. This program assists over 1,500 children in our community with the greatest need. It provides Christmas gifts for children in poverty, residential children that live in their mental health facilities, as well as emergency funds needed in crisis situations such as last year’s devastating Smoky Mountain wildfires. The online auction begins on December 1st and new offers are launched continuously until December 12th. Businesses can donate monetarily, as well as gifts to auction off on the site as well. If you are interested in helping, please contact Beth at (865) 617-0731. More information is attached.
MembershipWe were happy to welcome 2 guests with us this week!
We also welcomed new member, Mike Holden today with Clinton Middle School! 
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Member NewsHoskins Thanksgiving Lunch will be this Thursday, November 16th at 11:00 a.m. If you would like to place an order, please call (865) 457-4340.Ronnie took a moment to thank Kelly for allowing him to be part of the Principal for a Day Program at Clinton Elementary School. He was very impressed with Principal Jenna Sharp and how she knew every student’s name and family in a school that large! He had a great time and recommended it to anyone who has not had the opportunity to participate in the program yet. If you participated and have a photo you would like to share, please send that to us so that we can feature it! 
Congratulations to Bill and Gail Gallaher on becoming grandparents to a sweet baby girl, Olivia Carman Howland! 
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Looking AheadOur 2nd Annual Community Breakfast is in next week on the morning of Tuesday, November 21st at 8:00 am. in the big meeting room of the Community Center. We will host renowned speaker Hallerin Hilton Hill again. This is open to the public and free to attend. Thank you to all the businesses and individuals that have signed up to be meal sponsors for the event! Meal Sponsors include:
We took names for the Children’s Christmas Gifts today. If you would like to buy for a child and are not signed up yet, please let Jo Suggs know. The party date is set for December 12th and the gift amount has been raised to $175 per child this year. The Daddy Daughter Dance 2018 date has been officially set for February 10, 2018. Mark your calendars now! |
Project InformationWe are happy to announce that a host home for our exchange student has been found in Oak Ridge. This will cover the next few months. Following that, Jay and Katherine Birkbeck have volunteered for the next 3 months, then a teacher at ACHS after that. However, they may still need an additional host home in the summer, so please be thinking ahead if you are interested.All time frames for the Salvation Army Bell Ringing have been filled! If you can’t remember the time slot you signed up for, please see John or Vicki. Thank you for volunteering your time! The Community Action Coat Drive is going on now! We are accepting new and gently used coat donations in all sizes to help furnish coats for those that don’t have the money to buy one otherwise. You may either drop your donations off at Fox Toyota, MIG or bring them to Rotary with you on Tuesdays. We have collected 85 coats, however, there is still a need for 1,500 more. In the past, our club has collected about 5,000 coats each year for this. We hope this year will be no different! Please see ET with any questions. |
Upcoming SpeakersNovember 21Thanksgiving Community Breakfast with Hallerin Hilton Hill (8am) November 28Jerry Schlandt – Daddy Daughter Dance December 5Jack Hutchens - Robotics Demonstration December 12Kids Christmas Party |
Rotary Club OfficersBill Gallaher Vicki Violette
Ronnie Fox
Jerry Schlandt
Mike Shrader
Gary Coleman
Tom Connolly
ET Stamey
Bear Stephenson
Leighann Green
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Clinton Rotary Club
Meeting Address: 101 S. Hicks Street Clinton, Tennessee 37716
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 524 Clinton, Tennessee 37717